Recent & Upcoming Talks

2022

Rename Chains: An Exploratory Study on the Occurrence and Characteristics of Identifiers Undergoing Multiple Renamings

Oct 15, 2022 Oakland Center, Michigan, United States

Tutorial: A Primer on High-Quality Identifier Naming [ASE 2022]

Oct 10, 2022 Oakland Center, Michigan, United States

Preparing for the Academic Job Market: Experience and Tips from a Recent Faculty Hire

Searching and applying for a job can be one of the most exciting and stressful times for a student. As a Ph.D. candidate, you can either join the industry or academia as a faculty member.

Sep 1, 2022 Virtual Event

Preparing for the Academic Job Market: Experience and Tips from a Recent Faculty Hire

Supporting the Maintenance of Identifier Names: A Holistic Approach to High-Quality Automated Identifier Naming

Jun 28, 2022 Virtual Event

Tutorial: Test Anti-Patterns: From Definition to Detection

Jun 15, 2022 ~~Montpellier, France~~ Virtual Event

Tutorial: A Primer on High-Quality Identifier Naming

Jun 15, 2022 ~~Montpellier, France~~ Virtual Event

How Do I Refactor This? An Empirical Study on Refactoring Trends and Topics in Stack Overflow

May 27, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Refactoring Debt: Myth or Reality? An Exploratory Study on the Relationship Between Technical Debt and Refactoring

May 24, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Refactoring Debt: Myth or Reality? An Exploratory Study on the Relationship Between Technical Debt and Refactoring [Virtual]

May 18, 2022 ~~Pittsburgh, PA, USA~~ Virtual Event

How Do I Refactor This? An Empirical Study on Refactoring Trends and Topics in Stack Overflow [Virtual]

May 12, 2022 ~~Pittsburgh, PA, USA~~ Virtual Event

Understanding Digits in Identifier Names: An Exploratory Study

May 8, 2022 ~~Pittsburgh, PA, USA~~ Virtual Event

2021

IDEAL: An Open-Source Identifier Name Appraisal Tool

Sep 29, 2021 ~~Luxembourg City, Luxembourg~~ Virtual Event

Using Grammar Patterns to Interpret Test Method Name Evolution

May 20, 2021 ~~Madrid, Spain~~ Virtual Event

On the Distribution of "Simple Stupid Bugs" in Unit Test Files: An Exploratory Study

May 17, 2021 ~~Madrid, Spain~~ Virtual Event

2020

tsDetect: An Open Source Test Smells Detection Tool

Nov 12, 2020 ~~Sacramento, California, United States~~ Virtual Event

An Exploratory Study on the Refactoring of Unit Test Files in Android Applications

Jun 29, 2020 ~~Seoul, South Korea~~ Virtual Event

2019

On the Distribution of Test Smells in Open Source Android Applications: An Exploratory Study

Nov 4, 2019 — Nov 6, 2019 Markham, Ontario, Canada

Permission Issues in Open-Source Android Apps: An Exploratory Study

Sep 30, 2019 — Oct 1, 2019 Cleveland, OH, USA

Contextualizing Rename Decisions using Refactorings and Commit Messages

Sep 30, 2019 — Oct 1, 2019 Cleveland, OH, USA

Towards a Model to Appraise and Suggest Identifier Names

Sep 29, 2019 — Oct 4, 2020 Cleveland, OH, USA

A Preliminary Study of Android Refactorings

May 25, 2019 Montreal, QC, Canada, Canada

2016

Introduction to Visual Studio LightSwitch

This deck was part of my presentation to Virtusa employees on Visual Studio LightSwitch.

Apr 5, 2016 Virtusa, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2015

A Career In IT

A quick introduction to the IT Industry (particularly in Sri Lanka) for high school students.

Apr 22, 2015

Web Content Management - Introduction

A quick introduction to Web Content Management (WCM) concepts and systems.

Apr 15, 2015 6:00 PM — 8:30 PM Virtusa, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2014

SharePoint 2013 - Search Driven Publishing Model

An overview of the search driven publishing feature available in SharePoint 2013. This deck was created and presented by me at the …

Jan 9, 2014 6:30 PM Virtusa, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2013

Introduction to SignalR

An introduction to SignalR. This deck was part of my presentation to Virtusa employees on an ASP.NET asynchronous, persistent signaling …

Aug 23, 2013 Virtusa, Colombo, Sri Lanka